ISMRM25 - Multilingual Session: Portugal & Brazil

ISMRM & ISMRT Annual Meeting & Exhibition • 10-15 May 2025 • Honolulu, Hawai'i

Multilingual Session: Portugal & Brazil

ISMRT Education Session

ORGANIZERS: Shawna Farquharson, Norio Hayashi, Thao Tran

Sunday, 11 May 2025

323C

13:40 - 14:40

Moderators: Rita Nunes

Session Number: ISMRT-M03

CE Credit

Session Number: ISMRT-M03

Overview
MRI is especially effective at distinguishing between tissues, defining their boundaries, and highlighting contrasts. Despite over 50 years of progress, the challenge of identifying reliable imaging biomarkers persists. As the need for reproducibility has grown, so too has the interest in quantitative MRI (qMRI). There has been a shift in recent years toward the joint acquisition and analysis of multi-parametric maps, aiming to improve specificity.

Each MRI mapping technique offers unique insights into the tissues being imaged, much like how different genres of music complement the various moments in our lives.

In this session, we will explore the fundamental principles of qMRI, where the field currently stands, and where it is heading. We've brought together experts who utilize diverse qMRI techniques across different body regions to demonstrate the potential and power of this technology.

The session will feature three lectures followed by discussion time. Each lecture will focus on the challenges of data acquisition, the importance of careful data analysis, and the potential applications of qMRI. We invite MRI technologists, medical physicists, scientists, and physicians to join us in exploring the gaps in the field. After all, just as we need both Samba and Fado in our lives, we need diversity in MRI approaches to advance this field!

Target Audience
Scientists, radiologists, MRI operators, residents, and students.

Educational Objectives
As a result of attending this course, participants should be able to:
Recognize specific challenges associated with carrying out qMRI measurements in the brain, heart, and muscle;
Recognize available state-of-the-art acquisition and processing tools; and
Evaluate the feasibility of these techniques and illustrate their clinical application.

13:40		Non-Invasive Quantification of Cerebral Hemodynamics/Quantificação Não Invasiva da hHemodinâmica Cerebral View Presentation Video Andre Paschoal Impact: This talk will cover the principles of arterial spin labeling (ASL) physics, from the basics to recommended settings, as well as novel alternatives that allow for the extraction of advanced perfusion parameters. Finally, applications in epilepsy and multiple sclerosis will be illustrated.
14:10		Quantification of Cardiac Perfusion During Rest & Stress (Before & After Fado/Samba) Quantificação De Perfusão Cardíaca Em Repouso E Esforço (Depois Do Fado E Samba) View Presentation Video Teresa Correia Impact: [EN] Introduction to quantitative first-pass perfusion cardiac MRI (pCMR) strengths and challenges. [PT] Introdução aos pontos fortes e desafios da ressonância magnética cardíaca de perfusão de primeira passagem (MRCp) quantitativa.
14:40		Muscle Quantitative MRI View Presentation Video Ericky Caldas de Almeida Araujo Impact: Quantitative Muscle MRI enhances disease assessment by overcoming qualitative MRI limitations. This lecture covers muscle architecture, pathology, and key quantitative MRI techniques, leading to non-invasive, high-specificity tissue characterization.